G'day yet again Kieran,
and
BILL FROM ERSKINEVILLE
(John Dengate)
I'm (G) pleased to (F#) meet you, (F) my name's (C) Bill,
(D) I'm working in a factory (C) in (G) Ersk(D) ine(D) ville.
You (G) have to (F#) crawl and con (F) ditions are a (C) crime
But you (D) get a few dollars (C) worth of (G) ov(D) er(G) time.
Hooray, (C) ain't life (G) grand; (D) I'm saving the deposit on a (G) block of land.
I met a fellow selling real estate
He's running from the coppers in another state.
And he's the friend of a generous gent
Who's lending money at twenty per cent.
Hooray, life's a lark; I'm swimming in the water with a finance shark.
I had a couple of dollars on a short-priced horse
Running in a welter on the Rosehill course
But too much weight and too little pace
And the bugger finished twelfth in a twelve-horse race.
Hooray, faithful nag, ferrying the money to the bookie's bag.
I had a little flutter on the poker machines
And I won a dollar forty when it paid three queens,
So I chases the aces around the wheels
Now I can't afford the money to pay for meals.
Hooray, feed the slot; haul upon the handle till you lose the lot.
Lottery tickets have me up shit creek;
I was twenty off a five-dollar prize last week.
The tyres on my car are all worn through
And the registration's overdue.
Hooray, hip-hurrah for a worn-out, second-hand Holden car.
I says to my wife, "We've reached the stage
Where we cannot manage on a single wage."
Now she pulls beer in the pub saloon
And the kids run wild of an afternoon.
Hooray, name your brand, I'm drinking the deposit on block of land.
I'm pleased to meet you … etc.
Bill From Erskineville
Words and Tune: John Dengate
Here's the MIDItext of John's own tune to Bill from Erskineville (since Randwick Races uses the established tune for GalwayRaces, I guess you don't need that one!):
MIDI file: billfrom.mid
Timebase: 240
TimeSig: 4/4 24 8
Tempo: 100 (600000 microsec/crotchet)
Start
0720 1 62 080 0096 0 62 064 0024 1 62 080 0096 0 62 064 0024 1 67 080 0288 0 67 064 0072 1 67 080 0096 0 67 064 0024 1 66 080 0225 0 66 064 0015 1 66 080 0192 0 66 064 0048 1 65 080 0096 0 65 064 0024 1 65 080 0288 0 65 064 0072 1 64 080 0288 0 64 064 0072 1 64 080 0096 0 64 064 0024 1 62 080 0096 0 62 064 0024 1 62 080 0096 0 62 064 0024 1 62 080 0096 0 62 064 0024 1 62 080 0096 0 62 064 0024 1 62 080 0096 0 62 064 0024 1 62 080 0096 0 62 064 0024 1 62 080 0096 0 62 064 0024 1 60 080 0096 0 60 064 0024 1 59 080 0192 0 59 064 0048 1 57 080 0192 0 57 064 0048 1 55 080 0384 0 55 064 0816 1 62 080 0192 0 62 064 0048 1 67 080 0288 0 67 064 0072 1 67 080 0096 0 67 064 0024 1 66 080 0225 0 66 064 0015 1 66 080 0192 0 66 064 0048 1 65 080 0096 0 65 064 0024 1 65 080 0288 0 65 064 0072 1 64 080 0288 0 64 064 0072 1 64 080 0096 0 64 064 0024 1 62 080 0096 0 62 064 0024 1 62 080 0096 0 62 064 0024 1 62 080 0096 0 62 064 0024 1 62 080 0096 0 62 064 0024 1 62 080 0096 0 62 064 0024 1 62 080 0096 0 62 064 0024 1 62 080 0096 0 62 064 0024 1 60 080 0096 0 60 064 0024 1 59 080 0192 0 59 064 0048 1 57 080 0192 0 57 064 0048 1 55 080 0384 0 55 064 0096 1 71 080 0384 0 71 064 0096 1 67 080 0384 0 67 064 0096 1 72 080 0192 0 72 064 0048 1 72 080 0192 0 72 064 0048 1 71 080 0192 0 71 064 0168 1 62 080 0096 0 62 064 0024 1 62 080 0096 0 62 064 0024 1 62 080 0096 0 62 064 0024 1 62 080 0096 0 62 064 0024 1 62 080 0096 0 62 064 0024 1 62 080 0096 0 62 064 0024 1 62 080 0096 0 62 064 0024 1 64 080 0096 0 64 064 0024 1 66 080 0096 0 66 064 0024 1 67 080 0192 0 67 064 0048 1 67 080 0192 0 67 064 0048 1 67 080 0384 0 67 064
End
This program is worth the effort of learning it.
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Q:1/4=100
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G3G^F2^F2|FF3E3E|DDDDDDDC|B,2A,2G,4|B4G4|
c2c2B3D|DDDDDDE^F|G2G2G13/4||
Regards,
Bob